John 6,22-29 – Monday of the Third Week of Easter
“Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were satisfied.”
Today’s Gospel asks an uncomfortable but necessary question: Can you believe for the wrong reason? Jesus’ answer seems to be yes. One can seek God not for God, but for what one obtains from Him. Sometimes our faith arises from a need, from an emotion, from an interest. We look to God to help us, to solve things, to give us something. But this is not yet a mature faith. It is a faith that risks remaining tied to utility.
Faith, like love, cannot be founded on utilitarianism. You don’t love someone to use them, but for the joy of loving them. So too faith is not a means to obtain something, but a free relationship. For this reason, Jesus shifts the discussion and indicates what really matters: “This is the work of God: that you believe in him whom he has sent.” It’s not about doing many things, but about entering into real trust towards Him.
Believing means building your life on this trust. Not about what we can control or predict, but about a relationship. It is entrusting ourselves to Christ, even when not everything is clear, even when not everything corresponds to our expectations. And it is precisely this trust that changes the quality of life. Why without trust we remain prisoners of fear, of calculation, of the anxiety of having to control everything.
The Gospel, then, invites us to verify the reason for our faith. Not to discourage us, but to purify it. To move from an interested search to a real relationship. Why only a faith free from interest can become truly stable and capable of sustaining life. Stop using God, let’s start loving him instead.
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